Wounded Warriors have points to prove

Glasgow face Bourgoin in France on Friday determined not to repeat the failings of their last campaign

EVEN a whitewash can have its grey areas. Last year’s Heineken Cup record shows that Glasgow didn’t manage a point, but such unfurnished analysis misses a vital detail: while Hugh Campbell’s side lost all six matches and finished bottom of their pool, rarely did they look out of their depth.

Aside from sinking without trace home and away to Toulouse (they weren’t the last, with the French team going on to lift the trophy), there were stages in each of the other games against Northampton and Llanelli when things looked to be going swimmingly. Only for Glasgow to submerge themselves under the weight of assorted missed tackles, missed penalties, and, ultimately, missed chances.

The Hughenden club this season have been hitting a similarly diverse array of notes, albeit on the altogether different scale that is the Celtic League. For every fight night (the craggy defensive endeavour that saw off Munster),